Separator.



Patented May :20, |902.

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\App1iction Bled Sept. 23, 1901.1

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATESk PATENTL OFFICE.

EUGENE c. sTA'rLER, 0E vIcToE, COLORADO.4

sEPARAfoR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,384, dated May ao, 1902. 'Application inea september 2s, 1901. seit-.1 No. 76,233. (No model.) Y

T lall whom, i may concern:`

Be it knownA that I, EUGENE C. STATLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Victor, in the county of Teller and State of. Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in separators; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to traps. f

In drilling machines actuated by compressed air when the source of supplyis remote from the machinegreat difficulty has been experienced by thetcompressed air'conv l y densing into water and in cold weather freezing in the air-pipe and in any weather materally interfering withthe operation of the machine.

It is the object of the present invention to provide the pipe which leads from the source of air-supply to the machine to be driven with a trap, whereby all water of condensation will be collected before it has'an opportunity to interfere with the working of the machine.

With this and other objects in view the in! vention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing Iv have illustrated my invention in vertical section.

section A, if any water be held in suspension therein, will impinge against said hood and be-deiiected, the Water falling to the bottom of the casing, whence it may be drawn through the draw-oif cock D, while the air enters the side openings F and is led in a dry state in the usual manner to the point of consumption, or the machine to be operated.

I attach importance to the simple construcltion of ,myltrap having an inlet compressed- Aair pipe secured to the top of the casing and anoutlet air-pipe secured to the bottom of the `casing and extending into the same, with a hood formed on the upper end thereof providedwith'elongated laterally straight oppositel open ends, the pipes and hood being of such relative sizes that the compressed air forced through the inlet-pipe is deilected on said hood, sopas to fill the trap before the conip'ressed air is permitted to iind an exit through the open ends of said hood and through and out of the said outlet-pipe.

From the foregoing description, taken` in connectionwith the accompanying drawing,

thefconstruction, mode of operation, and ad-A vantages offmy invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Variouschanges in the form, proportion,

and details of construction may be made Within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacri- .iicing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what vI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- In a separator for drilling-machines actu-v ated by compressed air, the combination withl a casing having at its lower end a draw-off faucet, an inlet compressed-air pipe secured to the top of the casing, an outlet air-pipe secured to the bottom thereof and extending p EUGENE c. srATLEn.

Witnesses:

R. BEYMER, H. C. BEOWNELL. 

